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Interpret political cartoons. Describe the main points of President Nixon’s domestic

776-779. Interpret political cartoons. Describe the main points of President Nixon’s domestic and foreign policy. Quiz. B. A. Directions : Choose four of the political cartoons In this packet and write an analysis which should include: - Interpretation (meaning)

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Interpret political cartoons. Describe the main points of President Nixon’s domestic

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  1. 776-779 • Interpret political cartoons. • Describe the main points of • President Nixon’s domestic • and foreign policy.

  2. Quiz

  3. B A Directions: Choose four of the political cartoons In this packet and write an analysis which should include: - Interpretation (meaning) - Example of symbolism C D A

  4. Nixon Administration 1968-1974 Secretary of State Henry Kissinger President Richard Nixon Vice-president Spiro Agnew

  5. Nixon Administration – Foreign Policy • Getting out of Vietnam • Vietnam Moratorium 10/1969 • Low troop morale, “fragging” • Weather Underground • Vietnamization • Secretary of State Melvin Laird’s • plan to withdraw troops 7/1969 • Nixon Doctrine • Policy of substituting weapons & • money for soldiers • Cambodia • 4/1970 U.S. troops invaded, • resulting in protest at Kent State • University

  6. OhioNeil Young (1970) Tin Soldiers And Nixon's BombingWe're Finally On Our OwnThis Summer I Hear The DrummingFour Dead In OhioGotta Get Down To ItSoldiers Are Gunning Us DownShould Of Been Done Long AgoWhat If You Knew Her AndFound Her Dead On The GroundHow Can You Run When You KnowLa La La La La La LaTin Soldiers And Nixon's BombingWe're Finally On Our OwnThis Summer I Hear The DrummingFour Dead In OhioFour Dead In Ohio Kent State University (5/1970)

  7. The My Lai Massacre • In March, 1968, Lt. William L. Calley, Jr. ordered the village of My Lai “cleared” because it was harboring Viet Cong. • Upon arrival, only old men, a few • women and some children were • found, however, Calley’s team • shot to death 22 people. • Calley was court-martialed, and • given a life sentence, however, • later the sentence was reviewed • by President Nixon and changed • to 10 years, with release on • parole in six months. • My Lai led many Americans to • question U.S. conduct in the war!

  8. Nixon Administration – Foreign Policy • Further Actions Regarding Vietnam: • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution repealed 12/1970 • A cease-fire ended hostilities 1/1973 • The War Powers Act (1973) • The act requires the President to notify Congress within 48 hours of committing • troops to military action. • Also forbids armed forces from remaining for more than 60 days, without an authorization of the use of military force or a declaration of war. • The act has been regularly ignored by presidents of both parties,some even declaring their belief that the act is unconstitutional.

  9. Nixon Administration – Foreign Policy • The first moon landing • 7/20/69 NASA landed the Eagle • with Neil Armstrong. • Secretary of State Henry Kissinger • arranges for Nixon to meet Mao • Zedong in Beijing, China 2/1972 • President Nixon signs S.A.L.T. • Treaty with U.S.S.R. limiting • antiballistic missiles • “Détente” – easing of tensions • between the US and USSR. Soviet Premier Brezhnev

  10. Nixon Administration – Domestic Policy • New Federalism • Announces urban crisis is over and dismantles LBJ’s Great Society • program to reduce taxes to win middle-class support. • General Revenue Sharing • Nixon’s plan to give federal tax revenues to state and local • government to use as they saw fit in 1972. • Tried to court Southern whites by nominating southerners to the Supreme • Court, but failed. • Clement Haynesworth of Florida and G.HaroldCarswell of Alabama • Secretary of Labor George Shultz crafted Nixon’s desegregation program • Inflation grew due to the rising cost of energy • O.P.E.C.’s oil embargo in 1973-74 due to U.S. support of Israel in • the Arab-Israeli War. • Created “Stagflation”-combination of inflation + high unemployment + • flat economic growth.

  11. Americans as Environmentalists: • Rachel Carson’s book “Silent Spring” (1962) pointed out the danger of • DDT, a commercial pesticide believed to be responsible for killing birds • led to the environmental movement of the 1960s. • Earth Day 4/22/69 • President Nixon creates the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)1/1970 • In 1978, residents near Love Canal in Buffalo, New York discovered that their neighborhood was built on a chemical waste dump requiring the creation of “Superfund” cleanup legislation by the federal government.

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